How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Elodie lowered her gaze in thought for a moment. "You don't need to worry. I'll find

a way to handle this. There are several people assisting me at work, and they'll all be questioned as well. Maybe something just went wrong somewhere along the line."

"Let's wait and see," Charlie said. "I'll reach out to Klein again and see if there's anything to clarify. Don't be afraid." He didn't know the details, but he trusted that Elodie wouldn't make a mistake.

Elodie nodded in agreement.

There were quite a few people on the team.

But the person who handled most of the important tasks with her was Lily Lockwood.

Everything Lily submitted, Elodie reviewed first.

Which meant the problem had to have occurred right before submission.

As for Lily, she was clearly less of a suspect. She had nothing to gain by tampering with the data, and Elodie had a personal relationship with Jarrod—a marriage in name, if not in spirit.

Besides, Elodie didn't believe Lily bore her any deep grudge that would make her risk everything to frame her.

After all, if Lily got caught, she'd lose all the hard-won opportunities she'd fought for.

When the call ended, Alexander finally turned to her. "So, what's your take on all this?"

At the moment, with Elodie under investigation, her work with Project 719 would be put on hold. She'd have to step away from the facility to ensure an impartial review of the situation.

Once she was suspended and off-site, she wouldn't have a chance to prove her innocence. She'd be left sitting on her hands, just waiting.

I can be sure of yet." Alexander considered this. "You think Jarrod has anything to do with it? Maybe the batch of materials he sent

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on how Elodie's work was run, or how things went between her and Jarrod's team. But the fact remained: Elodie

like this almost never slipped through. By all reasonable analysis, if there was a variable, it

since things between Elodie

thought. A man like Jarrod could he really let it

from Esmeralda Mercer that Jarrod and Elodie had a huge fight

meant Jarrod cared

unfortunately, he blamed Elodie

calculating as Jarrod could he really not hold a grudge

have sounded a

endured over the years, Alexander couldn't bring himself to fully trust Jarrod, not as her

immediately. "No.

tampering happened right before submission,

She understood Jarrod.

hate her, he wouldn't stoop

direct brutal, even-but, net

to go to such elaborate

Who would be that bold?"

"If it was sabotage,

admit, Elodie was handling it better than most would. She hadn't

he admired her

else to analyze. They'd have

The car started up.

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